I knew it would be late before we could get our privacy and have some real fun and I was going to have a hard time keeping my hands off of her until t...en. This was going to be a long, long evening!We went to dinner, Alec and I hardly ever taking our eyes off of Michelle (along with every other guy…and a lot of the ladies in the nightclub). I don’t know if she had thought about it, but I was hoping we didn’t run into any of her co-workers or clients who knew her. Chances are, none of them would. What hurt even more was that she actually wanted him to stop her. She wanted him to tell her that it wasn't just one day of sex. If he told her that he felt something for her, that he felt something besides that sexual desire she would stay.But he didn't say a word. He didn't even get out of bed. It was as if she meant nothing to him. As if she was just a fuck.The bus stopped and she got out almost running. She needed to escape from the crowd, she needed some isolation.The apartment was empty. At first I didn't really grasp everything about it but as the nurses and doctors gradually filled me in my future life darkness descended. I had recently divorced my wife (because of my sexual inadequacy) and was now alone in the world, I seriously contemplated ending it all day and then (which is a joke people with spinal injury really can't do much).About a week later the door of my room flew open and there stood my best friend Robert who I've known since I was 11 years old. "There you are,. Reaching the bubble, he dug at the moss that grew around its lower edge, where it met the stone it rested upon. Moss and stone crumbled away. A silvery air bubble slid into the water, floating toward the surface. As more escaped, Patrick pressed his mouth to the hole, sucking fresh air into his lungs. After taking several breaths, he pushed moss into the hole, plugging it. He turned, searching for the exit tunnel the Merchildren had used. The hole was gone, apparently sealed by Merchildren.